Andrew Joseph Butler (born May 10, 1989) is an American former football punter who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs, where he won the Ray Guy Award and was recognized as a unanimous All-American in 2009. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent after the 2012 NFL draft.

Butler was born in Duluth, Georgia, and is the son of Kevin Butler, a former University of Georgia and NFL placekicker.^[1] He attended Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia, and played high school football for the Peachtree Ridge Lions.^[1] As a junior, he averaged 40 yards per punt with a longest kick of 63 yards and 13 punts inside the 20-yard line.^[2] Following his senior season in 2006, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Georgia Sports Writers Association named him to their Class 5A all-state first-teams.^[3] Scout.com rated him as the No. 9 punter recruit in the nation. He also played Peachtree Ridge Lions golf team,^[1] while maintaining a 3.9 grade point average.^[2]

Butler attended the University of Georgia, where he played for coach Mark Richt's Georgia Bulldogs football team from 2007 to 2011. He led the nation in punting average for the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season.^[4] He was selected as the first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) punter,^[5][6] and a unanimous All-American, and he was the winner of the Ray Guy Award recognizing him as the best college punter in the nation.^[7][8]

In 2010, Butler was selected as the second-team All-SEC punter by the coaches.^[9] He was a first-team All-American selection by Pro Football Weekly, a second-team choice by the Associated Press and CBS Sports, as well as an honorable mention selection by Sports Illustrated.^{[10][11][12][13]} Butler was once again a finalist for the Ray Guy Award in 2010. He was a 2010 first-team Academic All-America selection.^[14]

On December 6, 2011, he was honored as a National Football Foundation (NFF) Scholar-Athlete Award recipient, named a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy.^[15] He was also honored on that same day when he earned honorable mention All-SEC recognition by the Associated Press.^[16] On December 8, he repeated in 2011 as a first-team Academic All-America selection.^[17]

Butler runs 4th Down Consulting and hosts a pair of college football podcasts titled Punt & Pass Podcast and CampusLore Life. In March 2021, he was hired by Icon Source, a company helping college athletes receive student athlete compensation, as Executive Vice President.^[34]